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2 June 2008 9:04 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Aimee Mann is the most conservative musician P.T. Anderson has ever taken cues from, but that shouldn't make her the least respected. In the pop-classicist vein, she's emerged as the fabled "songwriter's songwriter"—a polite euphemism for someone whose well-constructed dirges run deep, but aren't attention-grabbing, someone doomed to forever land on the wrong side of the commercial ledger. But if anything, Mann's prescient decision to bail from the record industry (well before it was fashionable) has narrowed her sonic horizons; once pressured by innovative producers like Jon Brion to drape her stolid songs with up-to-date arrangements, Mann has beat a steady retreat into plodding '70s grooves since 2000's Bachelor No. 2. Unwisely picking up where 2005's The Forgotten Arm left off, @#%&*! Smilers offers craft and monotony in equal measure. The promising directions are also the tersest: "Stranger Into Starman" revamps chamber-pop via Broadway in under two minutes, and...

Vadim Rizov

27 May 2008 9:01 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Though she won a Daytime Emmy in 1988 for her dual role as a pair of half-sisters on As The World Turns, Julianne Moore didn't gain a foothold in cinema until she was well into her 30s, but she quickly made up for lost time. In rapid succession, she established herself as a screen actor with formidable range and daring, giving memorable turns in Robert Altman's Short Cuts, Louis Malle's Vanya On 42nd Street, and Todd Haynes' Safe, which revealed a penchant for playing stifled upper-class housewives. Moore worked with Altman again on Cookie's Fortune, and took on more roles with Haynes (Far From Heaven, I'm Not There), Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia), and her husband, Bart Freundlich (The Myth Of Fingerprints, Trust The Man). Though dramatic turns have earned her four Oscar nominations—for Boogie Nights and The End Of The Affair, and, in the same year,

Scott Tobias

23 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Daniel Day-Lewis is thrilled with his Oscar nomination for There Will Be Blood, and paid tribute to the movie's director Paul Thomas Anderson. Day-Lewis picked up his fourth Best Actor nomination for his role in the movie - and is hopeful he can add to the statuette he won for his role in 1990 film My Left Foot. But the British star has dedicated the honor to Anderson, who has two nominations, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and helped the movie also pick up a nod in the Best Picture category. Day-Lewis says, "You put me shoulder to shoulder with a group of fine actors. I'm proud to be in their company and to have the broader recognition for the film is a lovely thing. I couldn't be happier for Paul Thomas Anderson to whom we owe everything."

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22 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood received eight Oscar nominations each, the most of any films that will be competing in this year's Academy Awards. Atonement and Michael Clayton each earned seven nominations. All four films were nominated for best film, along with the comedy Juno. The nominations were announced early today (Tuesday) in Beverly Hills, hours before an informal meeting was scheduled to take place between representatives of the Writers Guild of America and media executives that could determine whether the awards ceremonies would take place as usual next month. The nominations also included two for Cate Blanchett -- one for best actress for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, the other for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the young Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. Also nominated for best actress were Julie Christie for Away from Her, Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose, Laura Linney for The Savages and Ellen Page for Juno. In the best actor category, Daniel Day-Lewis was regarded as a shoo-in for his performance in There Will Be Blood. Also competing for the honor will be George Clooney for Michael Clayton, Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah, and Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises. In the director's category, the contest appeared to be a two-way affair between Paul Thomas Anderson, who helmed There Will Be Blood and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who directed No Country for Old Men. Also competing are Jason Reitman for Juno, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

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9 January 2008 6:02 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Sean Penn and Paul Thomas Anderson are among the filmmakers nominated for the prestigious Best Director Of 2007 honour by the Directors Guild Of America (Dga).

Penn and Anderson have received the nod for their respective acclaimed movies Into The Wild and There Will Be Blood.

The other directors in the running for the Dga honour are Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell And The Butterfly.

The winner will be announced on 26 January.

Since the Dga began handing out its Best Director award in 1949, only six winners have failed to go on to claim that year's equivalent Oscar.

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9 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Sean Penn, known more for his acting abilities than his directorial talent, was nevertheless among the nominees for best filmmaker announced by the Directors Guild of America Tuesday. Penn was nominated for his Into the Wild, starring Emile Hirsch. Among the other DGA nominees were the Coen brothers for No Country for Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. With rare exceptions, the DGA winner goes on to win the best-director Oscar at the Academy Awards presentations.

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8 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen added another potential award to their growing pile as the two siblings received a Directors Guild of America nomination for their gritty thriller No Country for Old Men; it marks the first time ever a sibling team has been nominated for the DGA Award. While Joel Coen received a previous DGA nod for Fargo in 1997, the other directors up for the award were all first-time nominees: Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton, Sean Penn for Into the Wild, and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Nominees for the DGA's television awards are expected to be announced on Thursday, and the awards will be given out on Saturday, January 26th.

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7 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood won the best picture award and three other top awards Saturday at the National Society of Film Critics Awards. The movie also won for best director (Anderson), actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), and cinematography (Robert Elswit). Julie Christie won the actress award for Away From Her. Tamara Jenkins took the screenplay award for The Savages.

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7 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

There Will Be Blood has been hailed as the Best Picture of the Year for 2007 by the National Society of Film Critics. The movie, which was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, beat competition from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men and Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell And The Butterfly to take the award, while he beat the same filmmakers for the Best Director prize. There Will Be Blood was also praised for Daniel Day-Lewis' portrayal of an oil-hungry businessman, winning him the honor for Best Actor. Best Actress went to Julie Christie for her starring role in Away From Her, while Best Supporting awards were awarded to Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There. Other winners included the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as Best Foreign-Language Film, while No End In Sight, by Charles Ferguson, won the award for Best Non-Fiction Film.

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6 January 2008 6:10 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

There Will Be Blood has been hailed as the Best Picture of the Year for 2007 by the National Society of Film Critics.

The movie, which was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, beat competition from Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men and Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to take the award, while he beat the same filmmakers for the Best Director prize.

There Will Be Blood was also praised for Daniel Day Lewis' portrayal of an oil-hungry businessman, winning him the honour for Best Actor. Best Actress went to Julie Christie for her starring role in Away From Her, while Best Supporting gongs were awarded to Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There.

Other winners included the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as Best Foreign-Language Film, while No End in Sight, by Charles Ferguson, won the award for Best Non-Fiction Film.

The National Society awards - voted for by America's top movie critics - is a good indicator as to who will go on to Oscar glory.

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5 January 2008 4:58 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Paul Thomas Anderson has such a close working relationship with actor Daniel Day Lewis, they refer to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend.

The pair worked together on the critically-acclaimed There Will Be Blood and Anderson admits they share a bond so special, it has occasionally riled the stars' respective wives.

He says, "At best it feels that you connected to each other. You are completely playing the same tune. There's this kind of line between myself and the camera and Daniel that's pulled tight. When it was going well it just felt like that.

"We're still trying to figure out who the girlfriend is and who the boyfriend is in this relationship. When we first met I called him a few days later and I left a message saying: 'It's your girlfriend.' It feels like that. You are in a relationship with someone so intimate, every single day. I dare say there were moments when our spouses were jealous."

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4 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The last of the major film critics groups, the National Society of Film Critics has given the bulk of its awards to Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, honoring the period epic with its Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Cinematography and Best Director awards. Though it bucked the trend of honoring the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men (which was shut out entirely from the group's awards), the NSFC bestowed a few of its awards to previous critics' winners. In addition to Day-Lewis, who's emerging as the front runner for Best Actor, acting honors went to Julie Christie (Best Actress for Away from Her), Casey Affleck (Supporting Actor for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), and in a bit of a surprise, Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There, who bypassed perennial Supporting Actress winner Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone). No End in Sight was named Best Non-Fiction Film, Tamara Jenkins' The Savages received the Best Screenplay award, and Foreign Language Film Honors went to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. --Mark Englehart, IMDb staff

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2 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

As expected, National Treasure: Book of Secrets remained No. 1 at the box office, taking in an estimated $55.4 million over the five-day New Year's holiday. What wasn't expected was the strong $42.2-million take of Alvin and the Chipmunks, which surged ahead of the Will Smith thriller I Am Legend, which slipped to third place with $38 million. (However, it crossed the $200-million mark in total sales, as it brought its gross to date to $205.1 million.) Also surprising analysts was the poor performance of 20th Century Fox's Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, which took in just $10.1 million. Charlie Wilson's War, which got off to a slow start, continued to show solid results as it tallied $20.5 million in ticket sales. And the comedy Juno made it into the top five with $15.7 million despite playing in just 1,014 theaters. (It posted the highest per-theater average among wide releases.) Opening in just two theaters in New York and Los Angeles, Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, sold out every performance and averaged $92,000 per theater. The holiday box office overall was up 7 percent over last year.

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13 articles from 2008